SHORE EXCURSIONS
The best days ashore.
The 15 most popular santorini tours for cruise passengers. The trips worth your hours ashore, what each one runs, who operates it and how to be back before all-aboard.
A 4–5 hour Santorini small-group shore excursion with air-conditioned comfort, classic villages, and black-sand beach timing for cruise days.
Most Popular“Very nice tour, good pace, great driver. Spiros made the experience very enjoyable with his guidance and explanations. Great stop at the black beach.”
Skip Santorini’s cable car with cruise-day boat transfers, Oia, Megalochori, Perivolos black beach, and blue-dome views.
“Very well run! Saw a lot and enjoyed our free time. Learned a ton about Santorini! Our guide Eliza (I may have her name wrong) and driver were excellent!”
6-hour Santorini highlights with hotel or port pickup, Fira to Oia, Pyrgos, Perivolos and Red Beach, plus on-board WiFi and bottled water.
“Our driver and guide, Lisandros did a fantastic job looking after us and nothing was too much trouble! This tour is highly recommended if you don’t have too much time and want to get a flavour of the island and perhaps pick one or two places to return to and spend more time later. Lisandros…”
Small-group Santorini tour hitting Oia, Firostefani bells view, Megalochori village, and Perivolos Black Beach, with Wi-Fi on board.
“Nick was so knowledgeable and always knew where to capture the best photos. He was a great photographer as well. Warm and friendly as well as fun to be with. We learned a lot about Santorini and its history. In the 5 hours with Nick we always felt safe and never hoped for the tour…”
Private Santorini shore excursion with flexible stops, port pickup, and caldera viewpoints from Oia to Akrotiri and beaches, plus optional wineries.
“Michael, our driver/tour guide was friendly and knowledgeable and provided an amazing, customized experience.”
Private 6-hour Santorini cruise tour with Wi-Fi, air-conditioning, and cruise-port pickup plus optional water taxi to skip return hassles.
“I cannot recommend this tour highly enough!!! Our guide Katerina was amazing! She catered the entire tour to our preferences and even played our personal paparazzi, taking numerous pictures of our family for us. The scenery was stunningly, beautiful. The only thing to be aware of is that return transportation is not included in the…”
Cruise-friendly Santorini day tour with Old Harbor pickup, skip the cable car lines, scenic photo stops, and optional lunch or black-sand beach time.
“Excellent tour guide was Victor very informative very friendly very knowledgeable thoroughly enjoyed the entire experience not sure it would have been as great with any other tour guide other than Victor hooray”
A 6-hour Santorini small-group tour with volcanic viewpoints, traditional villages, and a guided winery tasting with food pairing.
“The views are spectacular but the crowds were overwhelming! The first part of the tour was boring. Oia was overcrowded and unbearable.”
Private Santorini 4-hour tour to Oia and Firostefani, Prophet Elias Monastery, plus Venetsanos volcanic wine tasting with Mercedes transfers.
“Highly recommend this tour if you only have a short time in Santorini. Our tour guide Michael Angelo was very informative and knew all the right spots to take us for great pictures. The wine tasting was also great! Got a lot of information about the wine of Santorini.”
Private half-day Santorini tour of quiet villages and beaches: Messaria, Megalochori, Emporio, Vlychada, Akrotiri, plus Faros Market.
“The private tour was the best way to experience Santorini.”
Private Santorini shore excursion tying Atlantis myths to real island stops, with smooth pickup, big caldera views, and optional wine.
“This was just an expensive cab ride. No useful content, no guidance at historic locations. Why was this billed as an "historic Santorini" tour? This was merely transportation to one old site, and to one view spot.”
A 5-hour private Santorini shore tour covering Fira viewpoints, Oia streets, Megalochori, and two famous beaches with A/C pickup.
“Stavros was a knowledgeable guide and fit the tour to meet our interests. He took us to the obligatory tourist stops for photo ops but also lesser crowded areas.”
A customizable Santorini shore day with flexible departures, narration, and photo stops in Oia, Red Beach, and views over the caldera.
“Todo ok! Pia great,,, maybe just better to have more time in oia and Fira… the restaurant at the beach they recommend bad”
See Santorini’s top viewpoints fast on a 5-hour cruise shore excursion with guided stops in Firostefani, Oia, Profitis Ilias and more.
“Wonderful tour of Santorini. The only negative was not enough beach time if you stop to get lunch. Very beautiful!”
A private 4–6 hour Santorini tour with pickup in Thera, custom stops in Oia and Akrotiri options, plus beach time and winery tasting.
“I took the 5 hour private tour option of Santorini with my family (wife and two young daughters). Marcos was waiting for us at the airport to pick us up and proceeded to give my family the most wonderful day we have had on a tour. He was kind, courteous and extremely knowledgeable about Santorini.…”
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